Analysis of regulatory region of ermAM genes in streptococci and enterococci highly resistant to macrolides and lincosamides

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 495-498

  Vicarini, H ^a   Rosato, A ^a   Leclercq, R ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030881487     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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